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Tuesday, September 15, 2015

5 Fall Favorites

Hi folks,

This week it's finally feeling like fall, and I'm thrilled for it! Bring on all that cooler weather, cause for cocoa, and copious amounts of cinnamon. Mmmmm, and so many other magnificent munchies. Ok, I'll stop it with the alliteration, but all you fall lovers know just how I feel!

I just got involved with a fantastic Google+ group called Geeks & Beauties, which happens to be running a fall "Sweater Weather" swap. The idea is you create a box of some of your favorite autumn inspired items and someone else does the same for you. I'm already thinking up fun things I can add in, but it got me thinking I should share a list of some of my favorite fall things. In no order whatsoever:

5 Fall Favorites

1. Bonfires

Whether they're in home firepits, out camping, or at fall events with friends they are some of my favorite times spent in the chill air with friends. Summer ones are just too hot, unless you're in Maine or someplace with equally cool summer nights.

2. Hoodies

Sometimes a fire alone isn't enough to keep you warm, so you put on your sweatshirt and it fills up with the smell of woodsmoke that lingers till the next time you wash it. They're the coziest piece of casual clothes you can own.

Picture taken by Corey Ann Carlton 2008

3. Pumpkin/Cinnamon spice things

I'm not sure I even need to explain this one because it's so common. My favorites are not the Starbucks beverages (I prefer Dunkin's), but all the fantastic baked goods and my favorite cinnamon apple chamomile tea◊.

4. Less humidity

Unless you've been to the south I am not sure you can fully appreciate this one. Put simply, I like being able to breathe, not sweat when I walk outside, and be able to see the stars on a clear night. Feeling stuffy and humid makes me angry, kind of how some people get "hangry". I love crisp air that allows me to wear those hoodies from #2. This is probably why so many of my pictures have been taken indoors lately. This is where I'm tempted to live all summer:

5. Fall Leaves

You know my list couldn't be complete without this one. The best place to see leaves is the Blue Ridge Parkway, and I always want to visit most in the fall. I may have moved away from the mountains, but they always feel like home in a way. And I still can't resist crunching leaves underfoot. My favorite chore? Raking leaves!

Honorable mention goes to knitting, because while I always feel like it in the fall, I often knit year round.

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